Display stand

ABSTRACT

A display stand which has a portion for holding articles and a second portion adjacent the first portion which is offset to the rear thereof so as to provide a storage area for carriers for the displayed merchandise. The stand is formed from a planar blank having hinged marginal portions which contain cooperating flap and slit fastening means.

ilnite States Ratet [72] inventor .llay 1F. Schweickart, deceaaed late oil Lancamer, Ohio by Beverly ,1. Schweiclrart, administratriii [2]] Appl. No. 12,106 [22] Filed Feb. 117, 11970 [45] Patented like. 21, 1971 [73] Assignee Anchor Hocking Corporation Lancaster, Ohio [54] DllSlPlLAY STAND 7 Elairns, 3 Drawing Figs.

[52] 11.5. C1 211/731, 40/126 A, 248/450 [51] lint. Cl 1147a 29/00 [50] Field of Search 211/73; 248/450,152,174,459;206/79,45.l1,44.l1, 78, 44 R, 45.14 UX;40/124.1, 126 A [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,481,171 1/1924 Wood 40/124.1UX 1,822,936 9/1931 Reichel 40/126 A UK 1 mami 1,916,045 6/1933 lFreyman r. 206/4511 UX 2,135,124 11/1938 Englar 40/126A 2,153,566 4/1939 Jewett 211/73 2,277,494 3/1942 Loewenstein 248/459 2,379,598 7/1945 Sltogh 248/450 2,783,013 2/1957 Williamson... 248/459 X FOREIGN PATENTS 180,313 6/1922 Great Britain 211/73 359,828 10/1931 Great Britain... 40/126 A 360,965 11/1931 Great Britain... 248/174 651,764 4/1951 Great Britain 40/126 Primary Examiner-Edward C. Allen Assistant ExaminerAbraham Frankel Attorney-Norman N. Holland ABSTRACT: A display stand which has a portion for holding articles and a second portion adjacent the first portion which is offset to the rear thereof so as to provide a storage area for carriers for the displayed merchandise. The stand is formed from a planar blanlt having hinged marginal portions which contain cooperating flap and slit fastening means.

PATENTEB 05221 m 3.628571 INVENTOR Z3 F. SCHWEICKART, deceased BEVERLY J. SCHWEICKARI Adlministrotrix DllSPlLAY STAND DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a display stand which can be used to display articles, such as glassware and the like, and which has a storage area for boxes or carriers which patrons may utilize to hold the articles purchased. The display stand is easily formed from a planar blank having flap and slit-fastening means on its portions which will ultimately form supporting and reinforcing members for the assembled display. Thus, it is an object of this invention to provide a display stand which is easily formed from a planar blank.

It is another object of this invention to provide a display stand which can be used to display articles and which also has a storage space for carriers for the articles.

These and other objects not specifically mentioned herein will become obvious to those skilled in the art upon reading this specification, claims and drawings which form a part of this specification wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the assembled display stand;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the assembled display stand; and

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the planar blank from which the display stand is formed.

The display stand 1 is formed from a blank 3 such as that shown in FIG. 3. The blank 3 comprises a first portion 5 having articles holding means, such as cutouts 7 in which the articles may be held, and a second centrally located portion 9 adjacent the first portion 5. This portion is bordered by vertical hinge lines illa and llllb and lies between the article holding portion 5 and a third portion 13 of the blank which may contain suitable decoration and instructions. Portion 9 has a flap means 2 at its upper end. The blank 3 also comprises a marginal portion 115 on the outer end of the blank which is attached to the article holding portion 5. The marginal portion contains a slit 117 at its upper flaps 15a and a lower flap 19 at its lower end ll5b.

The blank 3 also has a marginal flap 21 attached to the lower end of the article holding portion 5 and another marginal flap 23 attached to the lower end of the third portion 13 of the blank 3. Marginal flap 21 has slit means 25 adjacent flap 19 of marginal portion 15 and has flap means 27 adjacent the lower edge of centrally located portion 9. Portion 23 has slit means located adjacent the flap means 27 of portion 211.

The assembled display stand 1 as shown in FIG. 1 is formed by folding the various blank portions along the hinge lines 11 bordering them as will now be described. FIG. 3 represents the planar blank in plan view. Those blank portions which are manipulated so as to protrude out from the plane of the drawing towards the viewer will be described hereinafter as being folded forward." Those portions which are manipulated so as to protrude out of the plane of the paper away from the viewer will be said to be folded rearward.

After central portion 9a is folded rearwardly along hinge line lli, article holding portion 5 and the third portion 13 are pushed towards one another causing flexing of hinge lines lllla and lllb. Portion 5 thereby becomes offset in front of portion 13 by the width of centrally located portion 9 which forms a connecting piece for these two portions in the final display. In order to hold this offset configuration, in which portions 5 and 13 are parallel to one another and are connected by perpendicular connecting piece 9 the various marginal portions must be manipulated to provide support. In order to accomplish this, marginal portion 115 is folded rearward along hinge line lllf after its upper end 15a and its lower end 15b have been folded rearward along hinge lines 113 and llllh respectively. The marginal portion 21 and 23 at the bottom of the blank 3 blank. Flap 2 in portionfla readily can be placed into slit 17 in flap 15a as Is best seen in FIG. 2 to form a horizontal connection 4i across the rear of the article holding portion 3. Rearwardly folded portion 21 and forwardly folded portion 23 form a base support 23a for the structure and are held securely together by insertion of flap 27 into slit 29 as seen in FIG. 2. Flap 119 on portion ll5b is inserted into slit 25 in portion Zll to provide connection between rearwardly extending side panel and the rearwardly extending portion 211 of the base 23a.

Joining of the flaps and slits as described above gives the display pictured in FIG. 11. The articles may be displayed on the face of portion 5 and suitable carrying cases may be neatly stacked on base 23a in the offset between portions 13 and 5 of the display. Such a display utilizes the space it occupies to best advantage.

As various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangements of the parts herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and without sacrificing any of its advantages, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described the invention, it is claimed:

ll. A display stand comprising a first portion having article holding means, a second portion adjacent said first portion and offset therefrom and connected thereto by a rearwardly extending connection piece, the connection piece being joined to a portion of a rearwardly extending side panel situated on the opposite side of said first portion, the bottom of said rearward side panel joined to a rearwardly extending base member on said first portion, and the opposite end of said rearwardly extending base member joined to a forwardly extending base member on said second portion.

2. A display stand as claimed in claim 1 in which said first and second portions lie in planes which are parallel to one another and in which the connection piece lies in a plane perpendicular to said first and second portions.

3. A display stand as claimed in claim 1 in which said article holding means comprises openings cut in the surface of said first portion.

4. A planar blank comprising a first portion having article holding means, a second portion, a centrally located portion interposed between said first portion and said second portion, a marginal portion on one side of said first portion, said marginal portion and said centrally located portion each having means which are adapted to cooperate with one another to join said marginal portion and centrally located portion together, and marginal flap means at the bottom of said first and second portions each having cooperating means to join them together.

5. A blank as claimed in claim 4 wherein the cooperating means on said marginal portion and said centrally located portion are at the upper ends thereof.

b. A blank as claimed in claim d in which said cooperating means on said marginal flap means at the bottom of said blank are located adjacent the centrally located portion.

7. A blank as claimed in claim d which further comprises cooperating means to join said marginal portion and one of said bottom marginal flap means, said cooperating means located adjacent the lower corner of said first portion. 

1. A display stand comprising a first portion having article holding means, a second portion adjacent said first portion and offset therefrom and connected thereto by a rearwardly extending connection piece, the connection piece being joined to a portion of a rearwardly extending side panel situated on the opposite side of said first portion, the bottom of said rearward side panel joined to a rearwardly extending base member on said first portion, and the opposite end of said rearwardly extending base member joined to a forwardly extending base member on said second portion.
 2. A display stand as claimed in claim 1 in which said first and second portions lie in planes which are parallel to one another and in which the connection piece lies in a plane perpendicular to said first and second portions.
 3. A display stand as claimed in claim 1 in which said article holding means comprises openings cut in the surface of said first portion.
 4. A planar blank comprising a first portion having article holding means, a second portion, a centrally located portion interposed between said first portion and said second portion, a marginal portion on one side of said first portion, said marginal portion and said centrally located portion each having means which are adapted to cooperate with one Another to join said marginal portion and centrally located portion together, and marginal flap means at the bottom of said first and second portions each having cooperating means to join them together.
 5. A blank as claimed in claim 4 wherein the cooperating means on said marginal portion and said centrally located portion are at the upper ends thereof.
 6. A blank as claimed in claim 4 in which said cooperating means on said marginal flap means at the bottom of said blank are located adjacent the centrally located portion.
 7. A blank as claimed in claim 4 which further comprises cooperating means to join said marginal portion and one of said bottom marginal flap means, said cooperating means located adjacent the lower corner of said first portion. 